‘Adom says he will be 15 in 3 months but the policeman who handled his case wrote 18 as his age. Unfortunately, his parents who would have clarified matters are both dead. Based on the statement of the policeman that he is 18 years, he has been convicted, and sentenced two years imprisonment for stealing. But the little boy says it was his nephew committed the offence.

Whatever the situation, our interest has to do with his age. If he is indeed a juvenile, as it appears he is, then our laws do not allow the imprisonment of juveniles in walled prisons. Rather, it makes provision for such kids to be sent to a Senior Correctional Centre. Unfortunately, we have such kids in our country’s prisons, all because some unscrupulous and corrupt police officers allegedly inflate the ages of these children’.

Mere looking at this boy shows that he should be less than 18 years. Why would any police officer do this? What does he stand to gain?
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